Novel & Cerita Elegant Hubris

I saw him arch his left eyebrow in surprise and then smile amusedly. - I have to disagree with the lady. - Damien stroked my back again and I had to try to concentrate on his words. - I consider ego to be beneficial. We all like to be admired and it increases our self-esteem. Besides, deep down it's good to love being envied or even hated. Nobody wastes their time envying the ugly or hating the weak. It was my turn to be surprised. Damien was not only handsome, I realized that he was also intelligent and perceptive. I felt sick. It was unfair that one person had so many qualities. I couldn't help my bitterness:

He had always wished and wanted to explore a lady in a manner which he had tagged illicit. Eugene was the man who, if he was financially buoyant, would always go for what he wanted and do whatever it was that he wanted to do without thinking about others. Yes, he was selfish in a not-too-good way, or rather, he was selfish in a godly way.

“I mean, you’ve seen what he did to our girl. Camilla has gone completely gaga and it’s his fault. He encouraged her.” She reaches for one of the suitcases again, clearly intending to keep moving. Dominic doesn’t stop her. He studies her the way he would a broken clock. She useless, but revealing. “Are you’re leaving him?” he asks. She snorts. “He left himself years ago. His values, his pride, it’s all gotten eaten up by hubris.” She stops and waves a red, pointed nail at Dominic. “Hubris!” “And your daughter?” That earns him a sharp laugh. “Camilla is insane. You know that better than anyone. I won’t be dragged down with her.”

Elias, still seated at another corner, smirked, watching like a wolf scenting blood. Henry straightened. His voice, when it came, did not tremble. “I stand where I am respected. Where values are shared. Power without integrity is a collapsing house—it may dazzle for a moment, but it cannot last. I will not trade loyalty for ambition.” A stunned silence. Then, applause again—this time from billionaires and journalists alike. Damien’s lips thinned, but he gave a nod. The predator had tested his prey, and the prey had shown teeth. Elias rose next. Unlike Dowells, he did not need to raise his voice. His Alpha presence alone hushed everyone.

~ Lucien ~ “He’s going to ground, isn’t he?” Marcus asked, his voice low as he leaned over the monitors in my home office. “He has no other choice,” I replied, my eyes fixed on the GPS data flooding the screen. The blue light of the displays reflected in the dark lenses of my glasses, a clinical glow that matched the cold satisfaction settling in my chest. “Adrian Vale is a narcissist. When a man like that loses his throne, his wife, and his reputation in a single week, he doesn’t just disappear. He burns the bridge while he’s still standing on it.”

Eldin snorted, eyeing Din's corpse. "You are insulting the good name of Haki Exalts!" Horatio bellowed, his eyes red. "All Haki Exalts are revered throughout the world, and individuals who pursue knowledge and are kind to all life! But you are a savage who can't be reasoned with and kill as you like, how are you any different from the cultists?!" "Oh, but I am unreasonable. And what are you going to do about it?" Eldin turned and retorted nonchalantly before pointing his fan at Horatio. "Spirit Word: Explode!"

Upon hearing that, Gladwin snorted and said, “No matter how it is, if Iustus Sectʼs saintess doesn’t get out of the sedan, Skynet and Yegor’s pride and reputation will be affected. What a pity.” Although it sounded like he was sympathizing with Yegor, his words were sarcastic. At this time, Yaquis Holiness spoke up in the distance. “Skynet gained its prestige from its strength. Yegor also gained his reputation from his terrifying righteous aura. Both can’t be slandered by some shameless people.” Then, he looked at the living beings around him and mocked, “The living beings with evil intentions are definitely anticipating something to happen to Yegor. Such living beings are so shameless for s

It's incredible how arrogance blinds men to the point of not realizing that a woman never loses her power, a woman doesn't lose the war, and when she wants to, she's capable of destroying everything. That was Stefano's biggest mistake, not causing my death when he had the opportunity, having armed himself with arrogance and all the machismo, always putting me below himself, imagining my inability to reciprocate that perverse love, karma is a bitch treacherous and this turnaround was only possible thanks to his exacerbated egocentrism thinking he was indestructible. And my biggest mistake was thinking I was capable of love, I'm not, and I missed an opportunity to give birth to some feelings i

Calista turned to Lucian with a raised brow and smiled. "Yes. I want a harem. But I'm not interested in men like you." "Like me? Elaborate." She began to count off her fingers. "Sharp-tongued, arrogant, holds everyone in contempt, and has no respect for others. You think you're the best thing to grace the earth. You blame everything on everyone but yourself. You have no emotional intelligence to speak of. Every word that comes out of your mouth is unpleasant. You always act like you're owed billions. You're scum who won't shut up. Most importantly, you're like an unlucky charm …"

If the Grey simply stopped and let their influence and land gains wane and stop, the world would be thrown into chaos, waiting in baited breath and would possibly allow the Empire to acquire even more power, their reputation as war mongering allowing them to put on the illusion of preparing for a grander attack, threatening nations that had never even been their purview and their interests to begin with to become allied with them first, before they were succinctly stripped of their sovereignty, because nobody could do it right and because the temptation would be far too strong. Humanity couldn’t be trusted with its own survival. Humanity couldn’t be trusted to be able to run itself properly.